Cinco De Mayo Drinks by Amy
With Cinco De Mayo just hours away, we thought to get you in the mood with some drinks so you can plan for your party! Luckily, Amy Walton of So There By Amy came to the rescue with some UNREAL drinks. Thanks, Amy!
Cucumber Blended Margarita
Adapted from: Real House Moms
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
Seedless (English) cucumber, 6″ piece, sliced roughly
1/8 cup fresh lime juice
1.5 oz triple sec (if you don’t have a shot glass for measuring, 1 oz is a 1/8 cup)
1.5 oz silver tequila
1 cup ice
Recipe
Blend all until smooth.
Pour into glass, and garnish with cucumber slice and straw.
Frozen Peach Margarita
Adapted from: We Are Not Martha
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
1 fresh peach, peeled, and sliced or cubed.
1/2 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1oz triple sec (if you don’t have a shot glass for measuring, 1 oz is a 1/8 cup)
2 oz tequila
1/2 Tbsp agave syrup - More or less, as needed to sweeten peaches
1 cup ice
**Note: In the later summer months I will absolutely use fresh peaches. But for now, frozen (no sugar added) peaches will have to do. And they do work well! Yum.
Recipe
Blend all until smooth
Pour into glass, and garnish with lime slice and straw.
La Paloma: (The Paloma Cocktail combines tequila and lime with grapefruit juice and club soda, for a fizzy, refreshing cocktail)
Adapted from: Eat Live Run
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
sea salt
1/3 cup grapefruit juice
1.5 cups sparkling water / club soda
2oz silver tequila
1 Tbsp fresh lime juice
1 Tbsp agave syrup
Recipe
Rub cut lime over rim of glass, and roll rim in sea salt.
Combine all ingredients
Serve over ice, and garnish with lime or grapefruit slice and straw.
**Note: I used not-from-concentrate bottled grapefruit juice this time, but obviously freshly squeezed juice is tastier, if possible. Though, this Simply brand is a great alternative!
***Also, this other Paloma adapted by Pure Wow, adds in my new fave liqueur, St Germain! That would be delightful!
Check it out here, for the full recipe: St. Germain Paloma
